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Korean Professions

Eleventh graders learn job words (직업, jigeop) in Korean — 의사 (uisa, doctor), 선생님 (seonsaengnim, teacher), 요리사 (yorisa, cook), 가수 (gasu, singer), 회사원 (hoesawon, office worker) — and can talk about careers and the future.

Grade 11Professions50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn job words.
  • ✓Match words to meanings.
  • ✓Say what you want to be.
  • ✓Discuss careers.
Essential Question

What do you want to be? How do you talk about jobs in Korean?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Profession

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — What Do You Want to Be?

6 min

How do you talk about jobs and careers in Korean?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime a job.
  • Ask the Korean word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Professions

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Profession.
  • Match each one.
  • Note ~i doego sipeoyo (want to be).

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name 3 jobs.
  • Say “uisa” & “gasu.”
  • Say what you want to be.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Uisa-ga doego sipeoyo” (I want to be a doctor).
  • Ask a partner’s dream job.
  • Trade answers.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Ask.
  • Trade.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a job.
  • Say a future goal.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Mid).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: discuss careers.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand job words.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: state a goal.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to work & careers.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Job cards with pictures.
  • Frame: “___-ga doego sipeoyo.”
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with uisa & seonsaengnim.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more careers.
  • Interview a partner.
  • Write a dream-job sentence.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💼Profession cards
  • 💻Match the Profession
  • 🗣️Interview sheet
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

직업 (jigeop)job / profession의사 (uisa)doctor선생님 (seonsaengnim)teacher요리사 (yorisa)cook / chef가수 (gasu)singer회사원 (hoesawon)office worker경찰 (gyeongchal)police officer일하다 (ilhada)to work
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “teacher” in Korean?
선생님 (seonsaengnim).
QUESTION 2
What does 가수 (gasu) mean?
Singer.
QUESTION 3
What does 직업 (jigeop) mean?
A job / profession.

Reflect: professions.

Have students write what they want to be in Korean (“___-ga doego sipeoyo”). A printable Korean professions sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 가수 (gasu), 경찰 (gyeongchal), 선생님 (seonsaengnim), 요리사 (yorisa), 의사 (uisa), 일하다 (ilhada), 직업 (jigeop), 회사원 (hoesawon)
  1. cook / chef
  2. teacher
  3. to work
  4. police officer
  5. doctor
  6. office worker
  7. job / profession
  8. singer

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “teacher” in Korean?
  2. What does 가수 (gasu) mean?
  3. What does 직업 (jigeop) mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 요리사 (yorisa) · 2) 선생님 (seonsaengnim) · 3) 일하다 (ilhada) · 4) 경찰 (gyeongchal) · 5) 의사 (uisa) · 6) 회사원 (hoesawon) · 7) 직업 (jigeop) · 8) 가수 (gasu)
Part B: 1) 선생님 (seonsaengnim). 2) Singer. 3) A job / profession.